論文

2021年11月25日

Multisensory-motor integration in olfactory navigation of silkmoth, Bombyx mori, using virtual reality system

eLife
  • Mayu Yamada
  • ,
  • Hirono Ohashi
  • ,
  • Koh Hosoda
  • ,
  • Daisuke Kurabayashi
  • ,
  • Shunsuke Shigaki

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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.7554/elife.72001
出版者・発行元
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

Most animals survive and thrive due to navigational behavior to reach their destinations. In order to navigate, it is important for animals to integrate information obtained from multisensory inputs and use that information to modulate their behavior. In this study, by using a virtual reality (VR) system for an insect, we investigated how the adult silkmoth integrates visual and wind direction information during female search behavior (olfactory behavior). According to the behavioral experiments using a VR system, the silkmoth had the highest navigational success rate when odor, vision, and wind information were correctly provided. However, the success rate of the search was reduced if the wind direction information provided was different from the direction actually detected. This indicates that it is important to acquire not only odor information but also wind direction information correctly. When the wind is received from the same direction as the odor, the silkmoth takes positive behavior; if the odor is detected but the wind direction is not in the same direction as the odor, the silkmoth behaves more carefully. This corresponds to a modulation of behavior according to the degree of complexity (turbulence) of the environment. We mathematically modeled the modulation of behavior using multisensory information and evaluated it using simulations. The mathematical model not only succeeded in reproducing the actual silkmoth search behavior but also improved the search success relative to the conventional odor-source search algorithm.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.72001
URL
https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/72001/elife-72001-v1.pdf
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https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/72001/elife-72001-v1.xml
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.7554/elife.72001
  • eISSN : 2050-084X

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